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E. H. BENNERS. SUSPENDERS.

No. 541,710. Patented June 25, 1895.

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SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 541,710, dated June25,1895. Application tiled November 4, 1892.` Serial No. 451,007. (Nomodel.)

sists in the construction and arrangement ofv parts first fully setforthand -then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings which form a part of this specification, Figure lrepresentsmy yokesuspender asit appears when used with a shirt, and Fig.2 is a plan view of my yokesuspender.

Like letters of reference representlike parts in both views.

Referring again tO the drawings, A', represents a yoke similar to thatof a shirt,'tlie essential features of my yoke suspender consisting ofthe longitudinal strips A, and trans` verse connecting yoke A', restingbelow the neck upon the backl and shoulders of the wearer. The ends a,of the strips A', are pret'- erably constructed and arranged to beattached to adjustable and preferably elastic parts d', at theextremities of which parts d', are located'loops, eyelets or other`depending devices a2, from which the garment to be worn may be hung. Iordinarilyprovide the said connecting part A', with buckle as, by whichthe length of the samemay be adj usted.

It will be noted that my invention differs essentially from a brace, inwhich the strain is fromv the shoulders downward toward the center ofthe back, in that it consists in an adjustable transverse yoke inclinedon the inside so as to pass about the neck, the opposite ends of thesaid yoke being widened and terminating in longitudinal front and backshoulder straps which are widened at their central portions, in order torelieve and distribute the strain across the upper part of the back andshoulders iny combination with depending devices, as button tabs.

The parts A, A', of my yoke suspender may be made of separate piecesstitched together as at a4, Fig. l, or the whole may be integral if sodesired.

By the use of my yoke suspender the strain is taken in-a great measurefromthe shoulders, which Ordinarily alone support the suspenders incommon use, by means of the trans'- verse part A', which crosses theupper part of the back and also assists in supporting the garment. Bythe use of my yoke suspender the longitudinal strips A, forming 'thesusponder proper, are also held in position and prevented from slippingfrom ott the shoulders. f

It will be observed that the broad transverse yoke portion rests uponthe top of the back 'and shoulders, the forward part of the samepractically `following the line ot' the shirt yoke and band, and therear portion extending from one shoulder blade to the other. My yoke isprovided at its four extremities with button tabs, the back tabs beingpractically in line with the front ones, and the interior portionsthereof, as a6, together with the rear portion of the yoke, asv a5,constituting the p boundary line of an interior-ly recessed portion oropen space lying between the'shoulder blades and at the'smallot theback, thus rendering the suspender comfortable in use. By the abovearrangement of parts the strain is distributed across the .top of theback and shouldersby means of the lines of stress (indicated by dottedlines in Fig. 2) crossing each other, and the garment may also besupported, if desired, solely by the two front tabs without requiringany readjustment of the suspender. ,l

As it is evident that many changes in the construction and relativearrangement of parts might be resorted to without departing from thespirit and scope of my invention I would have it understood that I donot restrictmyself to the particular construction and arrangement ofparts shown and described, but that I reservethe right to make suchchanges, and that A Vhat'I claim as new, and desire to secure by.Letters Patent, is-

l. A 4yoke suspender consisting of a broad transverse portion to rest onthe top of the back and shoulders, the forward portion of the sameconstructed and arranged to practically follow the line of the shirtyoke and band, and provided with button tabs; the rear portion of thesame extending from one shoulder blade Ato the other and having backtabs practically narrowed extremities with button tabs and lintermediate elastic portions, the said back tabs being practically inline with the front ones, to distribute the strain across the top ot theback and shoulders by means of the iines of stress crossing each otherand whereby the garment may be supported, if desired, solely by the twofront tabs without readjustment of the Suspenders.

In testimony of the foregoing specification I do hereby sign the same inthe city ot' New York, county and State of New York, this 21st day ofSeptember, A. D. 1892.

EDVARD H. BENNERS.

fitnessesz J. ODELL FOWLER, Jr., WM. M. V. FOWLER.

